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Then Fingolfin beheld (as it seemed to him) the utter ruin of the Noldor, and the defeat beyond redress of all their houses; and filled with wrath and despair he mounted Rochallor his great horse and rode forth alone, and none might restrain him. He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in amaze, thinking Oromë himself was come; for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar. Thus he came alone to Angband's gates, and he sounded his horn, and smote once upon the brazen doors, and challenged Morgoth to come forth to single combat. And Morgoth came.

My favorite scene from The Silmarillion. I've had these two figs built on my desk for months, and only recently did I build this scene for them. I took some creative liberties (Fingolfin's shield is not blue, nor is he clad in white. Morgoth lacks a shield altogether) but beyond that the scene was as accurate as I could make it. C&C welcome. :)
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Interesting build! It looks quite nice. The minifigures are what really caught my eye though! :)
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I'm with Justin, those minifigs are very nice!
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I always pictured Morgoth being a lot larger than men or elves (I think it says so, once he's Morgoth and no longer Melkor) but these figs are sick! Great job!
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Feels like I could see this scene in a video game! :shock: Cool!
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Great figs, and nice little scene. Man, I gotta read that book sometime!
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I still haven't read the Silmarillion! :twitch:
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Cool, that's one of my favorite scenes from the Silmarillion as well. The Morgoth fig looks really cool (I wouldn't have given him a golden crown though) but I dare say he should be a LOT larger. I'm not sold on Fingolfin though. As you said a more white and blue theme would have suited him better, a stickered shield with his emblem would of course have been neat as well ;) That Roman helmet is a very interesting touch that I hadn't thought of before. It actually looks a bit like some of Tolkien's little doodles, then again I never thought those quite fit the descriptions of the high helmets he most often describes.

Oh well, enough nit-picking! It's nice to see some stuff inspired by the Silmarillion here.
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Thanks for all the comments guys!
Ronin Dragonslayer wrote:I always pictured Morgoth being a lot larger than men or elves (I think it says so, once he's Morgoth and no longer Melkor) but these figs are sick! Great job!
Maedhros wrote:Cool, that's one of my favorite scenes from the Silmarillion as well. The Morgoth fig looks really cool (I wouldn't have given him a golden crown though) but I dare say he should be a LOT larger. I'm not sold on Fingolfin though. As you said a more white and blue theme would have suited him better, a stickered shield with his emblem would of course have been neat as well
In art pieces I've seen Morgoth has always been massive and giant-sized, but when I read it I pictured him somewhat the size of Fingolfin, maybe a bit taller and stronger. I gave him the crown because I couldn't think of a way to signify he had the Silmarils in his crown. I figured the next best thing to that was a crown. :spin: Thanks for the constructive criticism though! I appreciate it. :)
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Nice! Grond looks quite nasty and both figs look sort of mythical enough to do justice to the book.
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Nice! The figs are the best part! It is great to see a Silmarillion MOC! :)
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